We actually made and used these in AfNOG 2002 in Togo for hotel room access as it was a bit tricky to get wireless coverage in our rooms.
Noah. On Tuesday 26 July 2005 14:47, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > Now all I need is the Access Point .... > > How to build a cantenna > http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html > > Works with a can of Pringles. > > No need for expensive antennas to get WiFi at your home or office or > just extend your existing network. > > You still need a WiFi card though! > > more info here > http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wifi:Cantenna > > > A cantenna is a directional waveguide antenna for long-range WiFi > (cf. Hi-fi) which can be used to increase the range (or snoop on) a > wireless network. Originally employing a Pringle's® Potato Chip can, > a cantenna can be constructed quickly, easily, and inexpensively out > of readily obtained materials. It requires four small nuts/bolts, a > short length of medium gauge wire, a tin can roughly 9 cm (3.66 > inches) in diameter, the longer the better, and an N-Female chassis > mount collector, which can be purchased at any electronic supply > store. The original design employed a Pringle's can............. > > **************** ***************************** > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 77 972255 > +256 71 221141 > Fax: +256 31 262122 > ***************************************************************** -- Noah. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Today's Excellence is tomorrow's mediocrity" --Robb Thompson _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
